health. as students get ready to head back to school and remember, help is always available. if you were in a crisis, just call or text 988. cbs evening news is coming up next here on kpix, and local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news bay area >> nancy: tonight, the vice president secured to the delegates needed to become a democratic nominee days before she is set to pick a running mate. >> vice president harris has earned more than a majority of votes and will be the nominee to the democratic party. >> nancy: and a new leader in the race for campaign cash as

kamala harris more than doubles the amount raised by donald trump last month. >> i am honored to be the presented democratic nominee for president of the united states. >> nancy: the "cbs evening news" begins now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm nancy cordes in for norah o'donnell. she's done it. vice president kamala harris has secured the democratic nomination for president, becoming the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket. she crossed the threshold this afternoon, picking up the majority of democratic delegates in a virtual roll call vote. now, harris turns her full focus to making her pick for vice president, and it could be among the most consequential decisions of her political career. she has to make that decision within the next couple of days. cbs's robert costa reports on the vice president's busy weekend schedule. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris clinched the

nomination in an online roll call, and immediately started rallying supporters. >> we are going to win this election. >> reporter: next week, harris is slated to travel to seven battleground states as she works to build on her strong to live. when she raised $310 million. harris has a big decision to make in the next three days: who will be her running mate? she's meeting this weekend with her short-list, many of whom canceled plans on short notice see her. >> every day we have to tweak the schedule a little bit because things come up, calls and meetings that we have to take care of. >> muster president be >> reporter: president biden today says he has spoken to harris about her rooming pick but did not offer any clues on what quality she should look for. >> i let her work on that. >> reporter: the contenders and include transportation secretary pete buttigieg, kentucky governor andy beshear, minnesota governor tim walz, illinois governor j.b. pritzker,

arizona senator mark kelly, and pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, who went on the attack against donald trump's running mate. >> j.d. vance is a total phony baloney. [applause] he is the most inorganic candidate i think i have ever seen on the national stage. >> reporter: meanwhile, trump's racially charged claim about migrants taking jobs of black americans was back in the headlines. >> coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs. >> reporter: today, simone biles posted, "i love my black job" soon after winning gold at the paris olympics. and the buzz over the vp pick reached another high this afternoon, when philadelphia's mayor cherelle parker posted on social media that she has proud to be standing with governor shapiro for vp, sparking instant speculation that she had leaked the choice too soon. a source close to the mayor said she was just supporting

schapiro, not announcing anything. nancy? >> nancy: harris insists she hasn't made the choice yet. robert costa, thank you so much. appreciate it. three freed americans are recovering at a military facility in san antonio, texas, after an emotional return to u.s. soil following one of the largest prisoner swaps with russia since the end of the cold war. president biden and vice president kamala harris greeted evan gershkovich, paul whelan, and alsu kurmasheva overnight at joint base andrews outside of washington. cbs's weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> rep[cheers and applause] >> reporter: marine veteran paul whelan was the first former prisoner to step back onto u.s. soil, immediately welcomed home by president biden and vice president harris. "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich soon followed, embracing his mother on the tarmac. [applause] and journalist alsu kurmasheva.

[applause] who could not wait to see her daughters. >> to me, this is about, yes, it is who we are as a country, but it really is about personal relationships. it is about families. >> reporter: whelan's family played a critical role securing his release. they were disappointed when he was not part of the last prisoner swap with moscow that rita wnba star brittney griner and former u.s. marine trevor reed. >> sometime some harsh words with the government, having to keep them accountable for taking care of us, but in the end, you know, here i am. >> reporter: at least five americans remain imprisoned in russia, including 61-year-old marc fogel, a teacher from pennsylvania. two years ago, vogel was sentencd to 14 years in a penaln medical marijuana. in a statement to cbs news, his family said "we are complete the heartbroken and outraged that mark has been left behind while the u.s. government brought other americans

home." president biden vowed to fight for fogel. >> we are not giving up -- we are not giving up on that. >> reporter: the agreement led to the release of 24 prisoners by seven different countries. among the freed russians, a convicted murderer, several spies and hackers. on "cbs mornings," national security advisor jake sullivan justified the trade. >> at the end of the day, the president looked at this deal, and he said, what we are getting, the value of human life, the value of putting families back together, the value of standing up for freedom of the press far exceeds what we are giving up by sending a few more criminals back to russia. >> reporter: in his formal request for clemency, evan gershkovich asked if vita mayor putin would sit down with him for an interview. tonight, the kremlin said it is ready to consider the request. nancy? >> nancy: that would be a fascinating interview. weijia jiang at the white house, thanks. turning to breaking news now on the economy and numbers that are

raising some alarm bells. the labor department says the u.s. gained just 114,000 jobs last month, far below expectations, while the unemployment rate jumped to 4.3%. wall street responded with a massive sell-off, with all three major indexes ending the day in the red. the nasdaq fell more than 2%. cbs news senior business and tech correspondent jo ling kent joins us now. jo ling, what did these numbers mean? >> reporter: nancy, simply put, these numbers are adding to fears that we could be entering earliest stages of a recession. adding 114,000 jobs in july is a solid gain, but it didn't miss wall street expectations by quite a bit. weakening from the strong gains we have seen over the last year. and with the on employment rate rising to the highest rate in nearly three years, investors are worried, and that is why you saw stocks sink today. president biden acknowledge the disappointing jobs report today, saying there is more work to be

done, and now there is even more pressure on the federal reserve to cut interest rates and that mid-september meeting after holding steady for so long, nancy. >> nancy: jo ling, the fed just met two days ago. did they miss an opportunity to cut rates then? >> reporter: we were there at the federal reserve and the fed held rates steady and clicks are now saying a september rate cut could be too little, too late. senator elizabeth warren called out fed chair powell today saying he "made a serious mistake," adding that he needs to cut rates now, not wait six weeks. powell on wednesday told us reporters and telegraphing a september rate cut could be on the table, but now markets predicting that could be a half a point instead of just a quarter-point beard and of course, that would be some welcome relief for people looking for a lower mortgage rate, more affordable car loans, and more credit card interest rates. nancy? >> nancy: businesses would welcome that rate cut, too. jo ling kent, thanks so much.

we are tracking breaking news from the middle east tonight and the increasing threat of a wider war. the pentagon says defense secretary lloyd austin has ordered navy cruisers and destroyers to the region, bracing for potential retaliation from iran against israel. cbs's debora patta is in east jerusalem. >> reporter: there are high levels of anxiety here, nancy. nobody really knows where or when iran could strike. experts in the region believe iranian hard-liners are pushing for a much harsher response than the attack in april. that strike demonstrated military muscle without really inflicting any significant damage. the u.s. and its allies intercepted hundreds of missiles and drones, hunting down nearly all of them. forces with its proxies, hezbollah and lebanon, and the

houthis in yemen. >> nancy: out to the latest followed on the assassination attempt on former president donald trump you're the acting secret service director robert rowe said they "feel like they let the country down." cbs's nicole sganga has more. >> reporter: july 13th marked the very first time secret service counter snipers were deployed to a 2024 campaign rally for the former president, nancy. the secret service acting director revealed today secret service counter snipers first learned the assailant had a gun when shots were fired. >> this was a secret service failure. that roofline should have been covered. we should have had better eyes on that. >> reporter: rowe's told reporters secret service was not in the same command look center as local police, radio traffic warning crooks had a rifle never made it to agents on the ground. the acting director said that will change moving forward. >> nancy: and a new jersey man has pled not guilty to felony charges, including attempted damage to an aircraft after a

string of bizarre incidents on board a flight from seattle to dallas last month. cbs's kris van cleave has those details. >> reporter: 826-year-old new jersey man is facing federal charges after an apparent tirade on an american airlines flight. court documents allege he had just consumed ten marijuana edibles. prosecutors allege eric gapco assaulted a crew member, forcing the flight to divert to salt lake city after refusing to stay in his seat, propositioning flight attendant for sex, vaping, locking itself in the bathroom, and allegedly attending to open the cabin doors while in flight. >> he is passed out. pounding on the doors, so we will definitely need law enforcement. >> reporter: police removed him from the plane after it landed in utah. >> nancy: thanks to kris at our cbs news teams around the globe. tropical storm watches and warnings are posted in parts of florida ahead of what could soon become tropical storm debbie. some cities are handing out sandbags to help people prepare

for possible floods. let's get the details from cbs's lonnie quinn peered good evening, lonnie. how bad could this be? >> okay, i think the biggest threat of this is going to be freshwater rain, right? we are not talking a big wind maker here, here in new york city right now, but let me show you what it looks like right now. it is currently around cuba, putting a lot of rain down, moving slowly, does not have a center of circulation. so hard to track this thing accurately, nancy, when it has not informed yet. it's going to get in the gulf. the gulf waters are 90-92 degrees right now, warm water to grow this. never forecasted to become a court hurricane. the exact same place that it dalia hit last year. the rainfall numbers, if it starts to through slow installs, 9 inches or a foot of rain, and then towards the charleston area, and the three, four, five day rain totals would be impressive for charleston, but right now i am most concerned

about the range of freshwater, storm surge, 2-4 feet. that the very latest. is all yours, nance. >> nancy: looks like most of florida is going to get a lot of rain. lonnie quinn, thank you so much. but affirmative justice filed a lawsuit against tiktok at its parent company bytedance today for allegedly violating the law by collecting data on children under the age of 13. cbs's scott macfarlane now has more on w what the company behid the popular social media app is being accused of. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: tiktok with 170 million users in the u.s. is accused of violating the law by allowing kids under 13 to create accounts to interact with adults on the platform. the justice department alleges tiktok collected and retained the personal information of kids without getting the permission of their parents beard though tiktok offers a kids mode for those under 13 which restricts their access on the platforms, the suit argues tiktok failed to put in proper

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captions paid for by cbs television distribution mable wilcox and her granddaughter, michelle captain, are suing neighbors claire and darryl mcgill jr. for the cost to replace a fence and an assault. >> byrd: order! all rise! this is case number 250 on the calendar in the matter of wilcox-captain vs. mcgill. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: mm-hmm. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. >> judge judy: you're ms. wilcox? >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: this is your granddaughter? >> yes, it is. >> judge judy: what i see from your complaint is some 40 years ago, your husband built a fence on property that you're still living in. >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: and it is your claim that the defendants who several years ago moved into the adjacent property damaged that fence. >> correct. >> judge judy: so i'm not exactly sure what you want them to do, but i'm going to take a look at the photographs that you have. you also indicate that ms. captain was assaulted by